In
Washington DC, Alex assisted in the development of US Trade
Policy on GATT, Tariffs, Export Control including industry
representations to USTR and to Congress. He successfully
negotiated with the US Departments of Commerce, State and
Defence increasingly broad exemptions from the US Export
Administration Regulations including a "deminimis
rule" and precedent setting exemptions from US embargoes on
trade.

Alex McLoughlin

A
political economist specialising in Customs and Trade Law,
with some 30 years experience in dealing with these matters on
behalf of multi-national companies. He is acknowledged as one of
the foremost experts in US Export Controls in Europe and was
responsible for Compliance Worldwide.

He graduated in Politics, Economics and
Statistics and has a post-graduate diploma in Computing and
Business Studies. After nearly thirty years dealing with Trade
issues on both sides of the Atlantic and with Asia-Pacific
countries, he is well placed to interpret European, US
and International Export Controls and Customs legislation
especially for multinational and High Technology companies.

Alex
was for many years Head of Trade and Regulatory Affairs at ICL
and Fujitsu-ICL. He also served as Vice President of the US
Companies of The Group.

In
Brussels, London, International Chamber of Commerce HQ in Paris,
and in Europe generally, he is best known for his contributions
to the development of Trade Policy and the WTO.

He
has been active on these issues and Export Controls in Trade Associations,
Conferences and "Think Tanks ".